Emperor Tenmu
631 CE–686 CE · Asuka
Emperor Tenmu reigned over Japan from 673 to 686, having won the Jinshin War of 672 against his nephew Prince Otomo. He greatly strengthened the throne, centralizing government around the sovereign and being among the first rulers to use the title Tenno ('emperor'). He reorganized court ranks and provincial administration, patronized Buddhism, and ordered the compilation of national history that led to the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki, Japan's earliest surviving chronicles.
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Asuka
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Thinkers, teachers, and rulers whose lives overlapped with Emperor Tenmu’s — a glimpse of the wider world they lived in. Drawn purely from recorded birth and death years.
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Rulers world
- Bajlaj Chan K'awiil (Ruler 1)· 625 CE–692 CE
- Emperor Gaozong of Tang· 628 CE–683 CE
- Marwan I· 623 CE–685 CE
- Munmu of Silla· 626 CE–681 CE
- Wu Zetian· 624 CE–705 CE
- Yazid I· 646 CE–683 CE
- K'ak' Uti' Witz' K'awiil (Smoke Imix)· 604 CE–695 CE
- Constans II· 630 CE–668 CE
- K'inich Kan Bahlam II· 635 CE–702 CE
- Constantine IV· 652 CE–685 CE
- Yuknoom Yich'aak K'ak' (Fiery Claw)· 649 CE–697 CE
- Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan· 644 CE–705 CE
- Yazdegerd III· 624 CE–651 CE
- Emperor Taizong of Tang (Li Shimin)· 598 CE–649 CE
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